From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Separate \Sep"a*rate\, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ]
1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected;
separated; -- said of things once connected.
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Him that was separate from his brethren. --Gen.
xlix. 26.
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2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said
of things that have not been connected.
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For such an high priest became us, who is holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. --Heb.
vii. 26.
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3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate
spirit; the separate state of souls.
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{Separate estate} (Law), an estate limited to a married woman
independent of her husband.
{Separate maintenance} (Law), an allowance made to a wife by
her husband under deed of separation.
[1913 Webster] -- {Sep"a*rate*ly}, adv. --
{Sep"a*rate*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
separately
adv 1: apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were,
in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"
[syn: {individually}, {separately}, {singly},
{severally}, {one by one}, {on an individual basis}]
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